Diocese of Propriá
Diocese of Propriá | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Aracaju |
Diocesan bishop | Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes |
Vicar General | Oldair Francisco Carvalho the Virgens |
founding | 1960 |
surface | 8,181 km² |
Parishes | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 347,255 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 268,179 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 77.2% |
Diocesan priest | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 7,888 |
Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
address | Trav. Municipal 88 49900-000 Propriá, SE Brazil |
Website | www.diocesedepropria.org |
The diocese Propriá ( Latin Dioecesis Propriensis , Portuguese Diocese de Propriá ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Propriá in the state of Sergipe .
history
The diocese Propriá was on April 30, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Aracaju and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Propriá
- José Brandão de Castro CSsR , 1960–1987
- José Palmeira Lessa , 1987–1996, then coadjutor archbishop of Aracaju
- Mário Rino Sivieri , 1997-2017
- Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes , since 2017